By Micheal Chukwuebuka, Reporting
REVEREND Father Tobias Chukwujekwu Okonkwo, a devoted priest and pharmacist, according to the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi, was murdered in cold blood by unidentified gunmen in Ihiala, Anambra State.
Stonix News reliably gathered that the incident occurred on Boxing Day, December 26, 2024.
Father Tobias was killed along the Onitsha-Owerri Expressway between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m, according to a statement signed by the Chancellor of the Nnewi Diocese, Rev. Fr. Raphael Ezeogu.
Reverend Fr. Tobias Chukwujekwu Okonkwo
The statement further described the incident as a devastating loss but expressed faith in divine consolation.
Born on August 11, 1984, Fr. Tobias was ordained as a priest on July 11, 2015.
At the time of his death, he was serving as the Manager of the Schools of Nursing, Midwifery, and Medical Laboratory at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Ihiala.
The Catholic Diocese of Nnewi has called on the faithful to offer prayers and Holy Masses for the eternal rest of Fr. Tobias and to console his bereaved family.
Funeral arrangements, as of the time of filing this report, had not been announced.
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